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Re-imagining Therapy: Living Conversations and Relational Knowing (Inquiries in Social Construction series) - Softcover

Riikonen, Eero; Smith, Gregory Madan

 
9780803976542: Re-imagining Therapy: Living Conversations and Relational Knowing (Inquiries in Social Construction series)

Synopsis

Re-imagining Therapy explores the benefits to therapeutic practice of paying attention to how people relate to and with language - how ways of talking support different kinds of relationships and experiences. The authors draw on social constructionist, dialogic, narrative and solution-oriented approaches to argue that `detachment′ and `objectivity′ have impoverished our ways of understanding life and language. They focus on words and language as tools, gestures and actions through which therapy can work to build a sense of promise and trust.

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About the Author

Eero Riikonen, Developmental Manager at the Rehabilitation Foundation, Helsinki, is a psychiatrist and researcher on mental health. Gregory Madan Smith, Co-Director of the Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, is a psychologist and consultant in narrative therapy approaches.

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